Chapter Towns as the Recruitment Base to Mercenaries During the Reign of the Last Jagiellons

The newest research of mercenary armies at the time of the Jagiellons shows among others the social-territorial structure of the these forces’ soldiers. In that one knows towns were more important element in the soldiers’ recruitment system than one has believed hitherto. However, from wider point o...

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Chapter Towns as the Recruitment Base to Mercenaries During the Reign of the Last Jagiellons
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